{"id":5970,"date":"2026-01-21T14:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/cosmic-rays-escaping-from-westerlund-1\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:26:02","slug":"cosmic-rays-escaping-from-westerlund-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/cosmic-rays-escaping-from-westerlund-1\/2026\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Cosmic rays escaping from Westerlund 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mko3u6jp-bd438ddaabfd45398e595f9480f79227\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mko3u6jp-bd438ddaabfd45398e595f9480f79227{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mko3u6jp-bd438ddaabfd45398e595f9480f79227 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mko3u6jp-bd438ddaabfd45398e595f9480f79227 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mko3u6jp-bd438ddaabfd45398e595f9480f79227 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Cosmic rays escaping from Westerlund 1<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3rp8sj-5998653f97e4df6e6a4c43941c9bc755 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mknrlht1-f5570c35167382130c340edfe883ca44 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none &#091;--shadow-height:45px&#093; has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) &#091;&amp;:has(&#091;data-writing-block&#093;)&gt;*&#093;:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-&#091;calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))&#093;\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:0217bbf2-2ab2-4665-bc42-7258514bdb4f-12\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-26\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto &#091;--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)&#093; @w-sm\/main:&#091;--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)&#093; @w-lg\/main:&#091;--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)&#093; px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"&#091;--thread-content-max-width:40rem&#093; @w-lg\/main:&#091;--thread-content-max-width:48rem&#093; mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal &#091;.text-message+&amp;&#093;:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"a0a48cdd-3df6-48c0-aa08-a39bf8ce83f4\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-&#091;1px&#093;\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<h4 data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"100\"><strong data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"100\">Giada Peron\u2019s contribution to international research<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"538\">A study on <strong>cosmic rays escaping from the stellar cluster Westerlund 1<\/strong> was published on <strong>9 December in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-025-65592-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nature Communications<\/a><\/strong>. The research was carried out by an international team of scientists that includes <strong>Giada Peron<\/strong>, a young researcher involved in the ASTRI project. The results were also presented in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.media.inaf.it\/2025\/12\/22\/raggi-cosmici-westerlund-1\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPdaJtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeNs4UnaRIGc3uUtxMTGi6QeT4tot0gt0vUehL_gQrG596wbsItVlnw655sDI_aem_9TRzeVdIUbLl2GMwnTT0SQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news article on <strong>Media INAF<\/strong><\/a>, entitled <em data-start=\"449\" data-end=\"491\">\u201cCosmic Rays Escaping from Westerlund 1\u201d<\/em>, featuring a short interview with Giada Peron.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"1073\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Giada Peron is also the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ASTRIgamma\/posts\/pfbid0dFtYDrE31gGvxSUGB6ECE9GnJTx8gsJdpZpX1LrsRzDvCXN2FDV3kKEvbp4B4qtJl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recipient of the <strong data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"603\">Giovanni Bignami Prize<\/strong><\/a>, established by the Italian Astronomical Society (SAIt) and the Italian Physical Society (SIF) to honour the memory of astrophysicist Giovanni Bignami, former president of ASI and INAF. The award was granted for her research on extremely young star-forming regions, studied as sources of very-high-energy gamma rays and cosmic-ray acceleration. The prize celebrates excellence and innovation in physics and astronomy research, highlighting the work of young scientists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none &#091;--shadow-height:45px&#093; has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) &#091;&amp;:has(&#091;data-writing-block&#093;)&gt;*&#093;:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-(--header-height)\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"722af698-c4fe-4163-bd67-4b6a4fb186f7\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-27\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"user\"><\/article>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-2i1xub-b2956774d74c7ccaf18ceb487f703cfe av_one_half  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mknqw2a6-1becd824c8bd7887c8e90608977fcf63\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mknqw2a6-1becd824c8bd7887c8e90608977fcf63 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mknqw2a6-1becd824c8bd7887c8e90608977fcf63 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mknqw2a6-1becd824c8bd7887c8e90608977fcf63 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-4  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-has-copyright av-copyright-always'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-5956 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-5956 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Peron_Giada.jpeg\" alt='La ricercatrice Giada Peron' title='Giada Peron'  height=\"400\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><small class=\"avia-copyright\">La ricercatrice Giada Peron. Crediti: Giada Peron<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study on cosmic rays originating from the stellar cluster Westerlund 1 was published on 9 December in Nature Communications. The research was carried out by an international team that includes Giada Peron, a researcher involved in the ASTRI project. The results were also presented on Media INAF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5970"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5977,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5970\/revisions\/5977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}